Hot Sheet Index: January 11, 2017
The Hot Sheet Index looks at the book preferences of BookBub subscribers and examines categories of Americans who’ve read a book recently.
The Hot Sheet Index looks at the book preferences of BookBub subscribers and examines categories of Americans who’ve read a book recently.
Gallup image shows the results of a poll for the number of people who say they have not read a book in the last year.
Jamie Carey, the president of B&N’s development and restaurant group, resigned after a 13-year stint with the company.
In some areas, authorities can see books and reading as more valuable for raising tax revenue than for what they mean to education.
Curation, marketing and branding, and readership development are successful routes forward in the increasingly saturated publishing marketplace.
A look at average reading time for Americans and at bookstore statistics that include sales and location data.
Based on census data, bookstore sales increased 1992–2004 but fell drastically in the next 10 years.
As retail options narrow, industry consultant Mike Shatzkin suggests, “It is no longer irrational to cut the list and focus.”
Tapas has a partnership with Hachette to release several novels in serialized form—on track to receive 15 to 30 titles quarterly.
Barnes & Noble is once again without a CEO, making the position perhaps the fastest revolving door in the publishing industry.